A non-rigorous pharmacy dog has not read the original book, so I want to express my thoughts indiscriminately! (Not a cancer research major, so there will be many, many loopholes in signaling and cancer cell proliferation)
Because I can't remember professional terms, I used a lot of nouns: enchantment - Area X, core - shimmer, heroine - Lena, Pharaoh - Lomax, heroine husband - Kane, leading woman - Dr. Ventress, self-mutilation girl - Josie, Bound Girl - Anya.
In addition to the flowing vaporwave visual effects, vivid character settings and just the right soundtrack, as a science student, you will still be amazed by the settings in this work. Although it was a little unclear at the beginning of the continuous interlude narrative, in retrospect, the entire introduction process was gradual. Cancer cells multiply out of control by themselves, and in Area X, they are first mixed and assimilated and then propagated and spread. The whole progression is very similar. The heroine's process of exploring Shimmer's true appearance can be imagined as a progress in diagnosing the proliferation and spread of cancer cells.
1. Introduce accelerated cell cycle : As a lecturer, the female protagonist mentioned cell division at the beginning of the film, from cervical cancer to the introduction of out-of-control mitotic speed, paving the way for the rapid reproduction of creatures in the enchantment in the future. When the heroine later checked the symbiotic flowers outside the riverside hut, the crocodiles with different teeth, the yellow mold on the walls of the military base, and the soldiers whose abdomens were cut open, these cells/creatures continued to multiply at a speed visible to the naked eye. . This is why she repeatedly mentions cancer cells, because she is also a cell cycle scholar herself, and she also repeatedly emphasizes that the rate of assimilation and reproduction of cells in the enchantment is astonishing. The electron microscope she carries with her can be said to be very useful. I guess it has a 60X magnification lens haha. When the hostess and her party entered the barrier, they were affected by the wavelengths of various creatures. I guess this is the reason why their memories of the three days before camping disappeared. However, to investigate further, short-term memory storage and brain neuroplasticity may also be related to calcium ion flux. If the body has never forcibly received other biological wavelengths, this rejection may lead to the plasticization of nerve cells, and the memory loss of these three days may also be one of the reasons why they cannot go back through the entrance. Before the protagonist wakes up in the middle of the night and observes his own blood cells under the microscope, it can be counted as the early stage of Shimmer's "cancerous".
2. Early assimilation of alien wavelengths : The film does not mention why the cells in the enchantment multiply so rapidly. Compared with the assimilation and speed in the edge and in the lighthouse, this may be due to the stronger biological signal or radiation in the core of the lighthouse. The closer they got to the lighthouse, the more affected they were. Not only physically, but also psychologically, there will be greater ups and downs: the hysteria of the bound woman, the self-abandonment of the self-mutilating woman, and the half-way of the leader woman may not only be due to the fatigue of the journey, but may be caused by the existing life body (especially It is the assimilation of the previous survey team or the creatures of the original environment that produces the change of mind. Just as the grizzly bear can completely imitate the sound of the victim, what it assimilates is the last and most painful moment of her life. Perhaps the biological wavelength at that time was the most violent, and the assimilation chose this section. Originally, when I saw the self-mutilating woman become Zhou Shuren ("keke" stalk), I was still wondering whether personal will also affects the degree of assimilation, but I felt that it should not be explained in this way. From the last video of the heroine's husband, it is inferred that he has been in the barrier for more than a year, while the protagonist's group is only 6-8 days. It is related to the difference of external gene compatibility. DNA replication requires certain primers and enzymes, and this biodiversity may lead to different signalling strengths in each individual. This is also a certain aura of the protagonist. It is not so much a belief that it is better to say that the genes of the heroine and the couple were selected by the core of the enchantment. So I have this conjecture, the closer to the Shimmer's radiation, the faster the assimilation (annihilation), the more active the growth factor, the faster the replacement of old and new cells .
At the end of the credits (sorry I only remember Doctor Strange) asks: what do they want and why they are here. The hostess replied: They don't want anything, I don't know. It has been assimilated by now. So they are the Adam and Eve of the new world.
3. Transfer regeneration : As with every sci-fi movie where a new species invades, we know that things are not that simple. This section is really awesome. The heroine sees the leading woman who is being annihilated in the lighthouse cave. At this time, it is also the only point of the film. Touching the core is really the climax of the film. First of all, we see that the leading woman is completely devoured, and we know that the core may be selective in absorbing biological information. Just like when they first discovered the tree man next to the cabin, the Hox gene was mentioned accordingly. (Homeogene wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8C%E6%BA%90%E5%BC%82%E5%BD%A2%E5%9F%BA%E5 %9B%A0 ) The concentration of bicoid in the evolution of the biological form determines the final form of the biological. How much the core chooses to absorb foreign biological information may also be random and specific. The heroine was chosen as the second "clone" after the husband of the stepdress, probably because they could get out of the enchantment and achieve true assimilation. The formation of mirror clones is really like a fierce and beautiful modern dance. With the body of a dying husband but with childlike ignorance and study, this new life form will eventually destroy us without knowing its true intentions. Thinking about it carefully, this approach also confirms self-destruction, not suicide. Only by " self-destruction" can humans outside the enchantment relax their vigilance, and the (true) female protagonist and the (fake) male protagonist who transfer and regenerate, one is the annihilated alien creature, and the other is the cloned core. This combination is very important to the original The core is the best way. Although it is not known how they are transmitted without the intensity of the biological radiation of the core, hugging is a very fast way of assimilation.
Like cancer cells, the former cells die on their own (perhaps suppressed by the immune system or drugs), but the cells that have spread can come back. The same is true of Shimmer, who must choose to self-destruct and create a new world in order to pretend to reduce the threat to humanity.
The pictures are all from the easy-to-understand second-hand popular science website. Friends in need can read it on the wiki. It is the basic knowledge written into the textbook. I'm talking nonsense about biological radiation. Excessive interpretation is actually quite fun! I'm talking nonsense! Anyway, this movie is pretty cool!
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